Under Hotch's orders Kevin located the blueprints for the abandoned industrial building and sent them immediately to Derek.

Next Kevin was told to identify and locate the boy that was in the security camera footage.

Kevin started to sweat he knew it was a lot to take on, and he may have considered himself a skilled hacker but he really needed Penelope right at this moment.

Hotch, Emily, Rossi, and JJ were miles away from Derek. Hotch prayed that Derek wouldn't go in alone with barrels blazing or he could get himself and Penelope killed.

Derek was at a red light. Normally he would have hit the sirens and gone right through, but he needed a moment to come up with a plan.

He once again opened his glove compartment and found the bobby pins Penelope kept there for emergencies. Derek chuckled on his baby girl would think of something like that.

Derek straightened out two of the bobby pins and intertwined them. He placed them in his pocket, and proceeded through the green light.

Derek found the building. He knew he couldn't just park out front. He looked down at his phone to see a message from Kevin. Derek realized he was looking at blueprints.

According to the image on the phone the building was mostly one large empty space, with only a few small rooms. He figured one would be some sort of utility closet, maybe the other an office, and a bathroom.

Derek pulled into a nearby alley. He parked the SUV under a window. He hopped out of the car, climbed as quietly as he could on the hood, and peered through the window. There was no sign of Penelope or anyone else in the utility closet. All he saw were a few brooms, buckets, that he noted looked like they had blood on them, and a few other miscellaneous items.

Derek hopped off the roof, he noticed the patrol cars that were following him wisely parked further up the alley.

Derek looked at his phone again. He located another window to another room. It would be risky to start the SUV again just to move it. The two officers jogged over to Derek holding crates they had found near a dumpster.

They stacked them. Fitzpatrick the taller of the two officers kneeled down placing all his weight against the crates so they wouldn't slide.

Derek muttered, "I'll kill him."

Derek saw Penelope chained to a metal table, and Rodney pacing back and forth. Rodney looked like he was explaining something to Garcia.

Derek hopped off the crates and quietly said, "She's in there."

Collins looked at Derek and asked, "What should we do?"

Derek said, "I am going in. I need for you tell call my boss and let him know what is going. Tell them to be discreet when they get here."

Fitzpatrick asked, "How are you going to get in?"

Derek pulled the bobby pins out of his pocket and said, "With these. The only helpful thing I learned from that punk Rodney."

Collins said, "Fitz you call Agent Hotchner. I am going around to the other side of the building. I won't draw my weapon. I will just walk around with a flashlight. Cops are known to do that around here."

Derek nodded and headed towards a small door.

He placed the gun in the back of his pants, and slid the bobby pin inside the lock. He gripped the door knob with the other hand and kept it firmly in place. Finally Derek heard a quiet click.

He dropped the bobby pins and slowly opened the door.

Derek searched right then left. He was in a small hallway. According to the blueprints all Derek had to do was walk just a few feet, open the door and on the other side would be Penelope.

Derek wasn't counting on one of Rodney's goons walking up behind him.

Before the guy could yell to Rodney, Derek landed a bone crunching punch to the punk's nose. He dragged the unconscious man into the utility closet.

Derek proceeded forward. He took a deep breath to steady himself and opened the door.

Rodney looked up from where he was hovering over Penelope.

"Oh so Mr. F.B.I came to join the party I see."

Derek through gritted teeth said, "Rodney this is over. Let her go."

Rodney looked at the knife in his hands and said, "Naw man I don't think so. See me and this pretty lady have plans."

Penelope wisely kept her mouth shut.

Derek said, "Rodney you need to let her go. What you are doing isn't right. She nor did any of those other women deserved this."

Rodney held the knife a little tighter to Penelope's throat. Derek could see a trickle of blood starting to run over the knife.

Derek said, "Rodney please let her go."

Rodney completely ignored Derek and asked, "Derek do you really truly want to know why I did this?"

Derek took a deep breath and said, "Yeah I would like to know."

Rodney looked down at Penelope tilting his head. Her eyes were owlish in fear. Once Rodney really told him, he would surely kill them both. A secret like this to a gang banger would ruin not only his street cred, but his life.

Rodney said, "It's about Carl Buford."

Derek's tone was laced with confusion. "What the fuck you mean it's about Buford?"

Rodney looked at Derek and asked, "Did you really think you were the only special one? I mean did you really think it was always going to be just about you? All we ever heard was Derek is going to be somebody. Shit when you graduated high school the whole damn neighborhood came out to your stupid party."

Derek closed his eyes and sighed. "Rodney if you were jealous of me graduating why not just be a man and tell me? You didn't have to kill people."

Rodney unconsciously held the knife even tighter. With hatred anger, and undoubted hurt in his voice Rodney asked, "You still don't get it? I didn't give a damn about you graduating, or that you joined the fucking F.B.I. Hell I didn't even give a shit when you scored all those touchdowns the last game of the season."

Derek looked at Rodney like he had grown three more heads.

"Rodney I want to help you, but I don't get what you are saying."

Rodney yelled, "You took him from me. Just like his bitch of a wife. I used to be important to him, but then you came a long and he forgot all about me. And I know for a fact his ex-wife figured out what he was, but she tried to take him away."

Derek didn't know what to say. He just stood there. His forearms started to burn from holding the gun in the same place for so long.

The realization then hit Derek like a ton of bricks. "You were jealous that Buford was hurting other boys and stopped hurting you?"

Rodney said, "He wasn't hurting me."

Derek said, "Rodney yes he was. Buford is sick. And let me tell you something about when Buford was helping me. I never wanted it. Not one damn time. I tried to run away from him, and that damn youth center. But I couldn't just leave without seeing him in jail. You have no idea what he has done to some of those boys. During his trial I found out he had escalated to raping some of them."

Rodney said, "He would never really hurt them. I mean look at you Derek."

Derek said, "You know what…I am sick and tired of hearing how Buford helped me. I made those touchdowns, I made those grades. I did all of that…NOT HIM."

"Derek you still don't get it. I had to kill those women, just like I have to kill Penelope. Those women tried to take those men from me."

Derek asked, "What? You were having affairs with married men?"

Rodney said, "Some went willingly, the others I had to force."

Derek looked at Rodney and asked, "So I was your end game?"

"If by end game you mean, my last then yeah."

"Rodney you had to have known I would have killed you before I let you touch me. That is why you wanted it to end with me. You just wanted me to kill you."

Rodney said, "Come on now Derek for a profiler you aren't that smart. I don't want to die I want to see Buford again."

Derek said, "Then put the knife down and I can arrest you."

Rodney yelled, "No. I still have to kill her."

Rodney raised the knife to drive it into Penelope.

A gun shot rang out. The bullet went through the back of Rodney's head and came out the front.

Derek was shaking. Who the hell took the shot?

Rodney's body slumped to the floor. Rossi with squared shoulders and a smoking barrel looked at Derek and said, "It's over."

Derek rushed over to Penelope and scooped her up.

Derek whispered, "Baby tell me you are okay."

Penelope looked at Derek and said, "I promise handsome I am fine. Can this damn vacation be over now?"

Derek chuckled and said, "Yeah baby girl."

Derek walked with Penelope outside of the building to see most of Rodney's gang being arrested. Penelope saw the boy that lured her into the alley.

The boy looked at Penelope sadly and mouthed, "I'm sorry."

Penelope nodded and kept walking to the EMT.

Derek refused to let go of her hand. When the EMT had to look at the other arm, he simply switched hands.

Rossi came over towards the ambulance and asked, "How do you feel kitten?"

Penelope sighed and said, "Traumatized. I feel traumatized, and sad."

Derek looked at Penelope and said, "Sweetheart I get it. What Buford did had lasting effects, more severe than anyone thought. But it's over."

Penelope smiled and said, "Take me home handsome."

Derek said, "No way. Not until we get you checked out. Look I'll even call mama and have her make you top priority again."

Penelope said, "Derek I don't want to go to the damn hospital."

Rossi said, "Would you just listen to the man please. Or we will force you to go. You pick."

Penelope sighed and said fine. "But I am not riding in an ambulance. And I want ice cream."

Derek laughed and said, "Okay pretty lady whatever you want."

Hotch and the rest of the team came to see how Penelope was doing.

Hotch asked, "Garcia are you okay?"

Penelope tried again. "You know my G-Man I feel fine."

Hotch smiled a small smile and said, "Nice try Garcia. Go to the hospital."

Garcia grumbled and Emily and JJ laughed.

Once at the hospital Fran took Penelope immediately back to see the doctor. It didn't take long to give her the all clear. They mostly checked to make sure they baby was doing fine, and that her blood pressure hadn't risen.

Penelope looked at Fran and said, "I think I just realized how hungry I am." To emphasize her point, Penelope's stomach growled.

Fran laughed and said, "Well good, because I uhhh…"

"Fran you went crazy and cooked again didn't you?"

Fran started rambling. "I mean I had to do something. I said I could come down to the precinct, but Spencer said not to. Then I tried to talk to Rossi, but I guess he was speaking to someone, then I didn't hear from Derek at all except to see if you came home."

Fran mumbled and said, "I'll be glad when this coping thing kicks in."

Penelope said, "It will I promise, but until then let's go eat."

Fran waited for Penelope to get dressed. She walked out of the hospital arm and arm with her soon to be mother in law.

Fran said, "I know Derek wanted to be here, but something about having to speak to someone."

Penelope looked at Fran and asked, "You don't think he…No he can't..Fran, Derek went to go talk to Buford."

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